22 OCTOBER 2013www.engineeringnews.co.za
Emirates Aluminium smelter complex to be completed by 2014
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Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) smelter complex project at Abu Dhabi, UAE is being built on a 6 km2 site in two phases.
Phase 1 was completed early in 2011 and comprised the construction of two potlines, with a total of 756 reductions cells.
Supporting units included a 2 000 MW power plant; a carbon plant encompassing an anode manufacturing plant, a baking furnace and a paste plant; a cast house; a laboratory; a dedicated berth; a reverse osmosis plant; a pitch unloading station; a raw material ship unloader, conveyer belt; and silos for storage.
Phase 2 involves the construction of an additional potline of 444 reduction cells and supporting units. The units will include a ship unloader, the current power plant will be expanded to 3 000 MW, and a new cast house facility and anode manufacturing plant will be built. Once completed, the EMAL smelter complex will be one of the largest single-site aluminium smelters in the world, with production of 1.35-million tonnes a year.
With the longest potline and largest gas treatment centre in the aluminium sector, a 2 000 V rectifier/transformer and the biggest captive gas-fired power plant in the world, the smelter complex will set many records in the industry.
Phase 1 was completed early in 2011 and comprised the construction of two potlines, with a total of 756 reductions cells.
Supporting units included a 2 000 MW power plant; a carbon plant encompassing an anode manufacturing plant, a baking furnace and a paste plant; a cast house; a laboratory; a dedicated berth; a reverse osmosis plant; a pitch unloading station; a raw material ship unloader, conveyer belt; and silos for storage.
Phase 2 involves the construction of an additional potline of 444 reduction cells and supporting units. The units will include a ship unloader, the current power plant will be expanded to 3 000 MW, and a new cast house facility and anode manufacturing plant will be built. Once completed, the EMAL smelter complex will be one of the largest single-site aluminium smelters in the world, with production of 1.35-million tonnes a year.
With the longest potline and largest gas treatment centre in the aluminium sector, a 2 000 V rectifier/transformer and the biggest captive gas-fired power plant in the world, the smelter complex will set many records in the industry.
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